West Bank Attacks On Israelis Kill 1

August 25, 1985|By United Press International

JERUSALEM — One Israeli was killed and another critically wounded Saturday in separate shootings in the West Bank. They were the latest attacks in a 15- month wave of violence against Jews in Israeli-occupied areas.

A youth shot Andre Aloush, of Netanya, in the back with a pistol as Aloush stood outside a jewelry store window in Tulkarm, 10 miles east of Netanya, Israel radio said. He was pronounced dead at Tulkarm hospital.

Police searching for Aloush's killer imposed a curfew on the city.

A car with Nablus license plates was seen speeding from the scene, Israel radio said.

In Jenin, about 15 miles north of Nablus, the radio said Uri Ovad, of Tiberias, was shot three times in the chest near the central bus terminal. His attacker also escaped.

Ovad was treated at a hospital in neighboring Afula and transferred in critical condition to Rambam hospital in the northern port of Haifa.

Authorities in Jenin also declared a curfew, and the Jordan River bridges between the West Bank and Jordan were closed to residents of Nablus, Jenin and Tulkarm, Israel radio said.

Army Chief of Staff Moshe Levy visited Jenin after the shooting, met with senior officers and ordered them to summon Arab leaders there to explain the security measures.

Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin will report to the Cabinet today on the attacks, the radio said.

Knesset member Yossi Sarid of the left-wing Citizens Rights Movement called the attacks ''murderous terror against innocents.''

''The terror perpetuates the occupation, which makes life miserable for both the Palestinians and Israelis,'' Sarid said.

The Peace Now movement, which opposes Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, said the attacks ''lead both Jews and Palestinians to a hell from which there is no return.'' It called on local Palestinian leaders to condemn the shootings.

Knesset member Rafael Eitan of the right-wing Tehiya Party said Saturday's shootings were caused by lax government policy toward terrorism.